Display-rack.



C. C. FLEMING.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED BECA, 1913.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

ATTORNEYS 'HE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHUIOLITHO.. WASHINGTON. D C.

CLARENCE c. FLEMI'NG, or AMITYVILLE,

'ran s rrirnsy PA nur rrroa NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EBERHARD FABER PENCIL COMPANY, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-RACK.

riester.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE C. .FLEM- ING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amityville, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, .have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Racks, of which the following isa specifica- Y tion.

This invention relates to display-racks of the character employed to a considerable extent in exhibiting pencils, penholders and the like for sale. y Y

The invention is directed to the provii sion of a display-rack of an improved conpossible to give to a distinctive and attractive appearwalls of the receptacle, this wall being cut away along one or more of its edges so that it is of less size than the adjacent parallel wallof the receptacle. By reason of this arrangement of the side-wall .and the'addif -tionalwalh the latter being spaced from Y `ramic effect being obtained when land of less area than the former, it is possible to apply decoration to the device which is both distinctive and attractive, a panothe decoration is applied partlyto the additional wall and partly to the adjacent side-wall. In accordance with the invention, this added wall of the structure is s o mounted upon the receptacle that it. maybe-,moved to its operative position or to an inoperative position in whichit' lies Hat against the side of the receptacle so that the rack requiresjno more space for storage or shipment than it would if it were not provided with the additional wall. Also, means are provided for holding the wall in its operative position spaced apart from and parallel to a side-wall of the receptacle. This means preferably consists of a flap integral with the wall and adapted to be moved into coaction with the side-wall of the receptacle or to a position in which it lies against the bottom of the receptacle in which latter position it permits movement of the wall against the side of the receptacle.

The preferred embodiment of the inven- Specication of Letters Patent.

l operative position in Patented Jan.. tit, 1915.

Application nea December 4, 191.3, serial matassa tion is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the display-rack and Figs. 2 and 8 are vertical sections of the rack showing the wall in its operative and inoperative positions.

Referring to these drawings, a displayrack is shown for holding pencils and penholders in vertical position. The rack itself may be of the usual or any suitable construction. In the drawings, it is shown as consistingV of a rectangular box i two partitions 5 secured therein in horizontal position. These two partitions `are provided with a multiplicity of holes in vertical alinement into which pencils may be inserted. This receptacle has a wall 6 applied thereto, this wall being arranged parallel to and normally spaced apart from one of the side-walls of the receptacle. Also, it is cut away along one edge as shown in Fig. l so that it is of substantially less area than the adjacent side-wall of the receptacle. The wall 6 has integral extensions 7 at its ends which are secured to the receptacle 4L preferably by pasting them to the ends of the receptacle. The extensions 7 project laterally from the ends of the receptacle 4 and these projecting parts 8 are `creased as is indicated in the drawings. By reason of the provision of these foldable portions in Athe extensions 7 integral with the wall 6, the ywall may be moved toward and away from the adjacent side-wall 9 of the receptacle. When the wall 6 is so moved, it is carried against side-wall 9 of the Vreceptacleithe portions 8 of the extensions 7 folding to permit such movement of the wall 6. 4The wall is shown in;itrs outer or Figs. 1 and 2, but in ig. 3 it has been moved up against the sidewall 9 of the receptacle.

Means are provided for holding the wall 6 in its outer or operative position and maintaining it substantially parallel to the side-wall 9 when in that position. This means preferably consists of a flap 10 integral with the wall 6 at the bottom edge of that wall. This flap 10 has a crease therein so that its outermost portion may be moved to a vertical or horizontal position. When the wall 6 is against the wall 9 as shown in Fig. 3, the Hap 10 liesagainst the bottom of the receptacle. But when wall 6 is moved having to its outer position, the flap may be folded and its outermost portion turned up against the side-wall 9 of the receptacle in which position it serves .to sustain the wall G parallel to and at a definite distance from the wall 9. With a display-rack constructed in this manner, it is possible to secure distinctive and attractive appearances by the application of decoration to the walls 6 and 9, utilizing in such decoration the panoramic effect obtainable by reason of the spacing apart of these walls and the exposure of a portion of the rear wall over the edge of the front one. The construction whereby these more attractive and distinctive effects are obtained is such, however, that the additional parts combined with the rack occupy practically no more space than when the rack is not used.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States is:

l. A display-device comprising the combination of a body portion having a wall, a wall substantially parallel to but adapted to be spaced apart from said body wall, means for securing said movable 'wall to said body portion, permitting movement thereof to extended position, or position against said body wall, and means for holding said movable wall in extended position, adaptedl to permit folding of said wall against said body wall when desired, said movable wall being of less area than said body wall, and said movable wall and the portions of said body wall which are not hidden byv said movable Wall carrying jointly a pictoriallrepresentation and being so positioned when. said movable wall is extended, and the parts of said representation being so arranged that the said parts representing objects in the foreground are carried by said movable wall, and a panoramic effect is produced by the representation carried by the walls jointly, substantially as set forth. Y e

2. A display-device comprising the com- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the i bination of a support, a wall substantially parallel to .but adapted to be spaced apart from said support, means integral with said wall for mounting the latter upon the support permitting movement of the wall toward and away from the support, and means integral with said wall for holding the wall at a predetermined distance from said sidewall and adapted to permitmovement of said wall against said receptacle when desired, said wall being cut away so that .it is of less area than said side-wall of the receptacle, and said movable wall and the portions of said side-wall which are not hidden by said movable Wall carrying jointly a pictorial representation, the parts ofwhich representing objectsin the foreground are carried by said movable wall, substantially as set forth. Y

3. A display-device comprising the combination of a support, a wall substantially parallel to but spaced apart from said support, means for mounting said wall upon the support permitting movement of the wall toward andv away from thesupport, and a flap integral with said wall and adapted to extend into engagement with said support to spacethe wall therefrom or to lie vagainst the bottom of the support when said -wall is moved close to the support, substantially as set forth.

el. A display-device comprising the combination of a support, a wall disposed substantially parallel to the support, integral extensions lat the endsof `said wall secured to the support and having foldable portions therein permitting movement of said wall toward and away from the support andan integral flap on said wall movable into and out of contactwith the adj acentwall of the support, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 1st day of December, 1913.

CLARENCE C. FLEMING. `Witnesses1 EG. HUBER, FRANK R. Breno.

Commissioner of Patents,

p Washington, D. C. 

